PureCycle receives REACH certification, unlocks EU sales

Advanced recycling firm PureCycle Technologies Inc., based in Orlando, Florida, has received the Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) Certificate of Compliance, which allows the company to sell its PureFive resin in the European Union. 

The REACH Certificate of Compliance confirms that materials handled and produced by PureCycle meet the EU’s regulatory requirements for human health and environmental protection. 

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Every substance used in the making of a product must be registered under EU REACH when the production volume exceeds one ton per year. PureCycle says this regulation also applies in Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. 

“Achieving EU REACH certification will allow us to help expand the reach of our first-of-a-kind dissolution recycling technology,” says Wieve Schipper, PureCycle vice president of European and Asia Pacific operations. “We’re seeing demand for PureFive resin in Europe and this certification will allow us to put future orders of our high-quality recycled polypropylene into the hands of these potential customers, allowing them to try our products before our European production starts in 2028.” 

PureCycle says the company has plans to build its first European facility at the port of Antwerp in Belgium, expecting it to be completed in 2028. 

PureFive resin from the company’s Ironton, Ohio, recycling facility has been transformed into various applications, including food packaging, automotive parts and textiles.